Cartridge and twister holder



Sept. 14 1926. 1,600,193 C. E. MICHAUD CARTRIDGE AND 'rwIsTER HOLDER Filed Oct. 5, 1925 M I AWA/W Patented Sept. 14, 1926.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.`

CHARLES E. MICHAUD, 0F BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO THE I-I & D FOLSOM ARMS CO., OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATIONOF NEW JERSEY. I

CARTRIDGE AND TWISTER HOLDER.

Application filed October 3, 1925.

The invention relates to police and military belt attachments fory carrying a supply of cartridges and for supporting the twister forming part of the oicers equipment. These attachments have heretofore been independent articles each adapted to be attached to the belt separately. Such separate attachment to and location upon the belt is objectionable for the reason that the oliicer is likely to mistake one for the other 1in an emergency, resulting in a loss of Vaiuable time at a possibly critical moment. j

The object of the invention is to avoid the above diiiiculty by combining the two articles in one, so that the cartridges and twister are both presented conveniently for immediate availability and in a single selected location on the belt.

The invention consists in certain details of construction and arrangement by which such combination is effected and the abo'veobjects attained, to be hereinafter described and claimed.

The accompanying drawings forni a part of this specification and show the invention as it has been carried out in practice.

Figure 1 is a front or face view of theV combined holder in the closed condition; the belt, cartridges, and twister oeing shown in dotted lines. Y j

Figure 2 is a vertical section taken on the line 2*-2 in Figure 1, with the belt, cartridges, and twister omitted.

Figure 3 is a face View of the empty holder in the open condition.

Similar reference numerals indicate the saine parts in all the figures.

The main portion. of the holder as shown comprises a single piece of leather cut to the desired shape and folded upon itself. The wide upper part of the back 5 of suoli main portion is folded forwardly and downwardly and secured by a line of stitches Galong its edge. to form a long loop 7 through which the belt 8, shown in dotted lines, extends and upon which the holder is slidably supported. On the front or outer face of the loop .7 is secured a longitudinally extended strip of leather pleated or gathered to produce a series of vertical open pockets 9 each adapted to receive and removably retain a cartridge 10, as shown in dotted lines in Figure 1.

The lower portion of the back 5 is in the Serial No. 60,169.

form of a narrower tongue 11 adapted to be folded forwardly and upwardly and separably held in such folded condition by a snap-fastener, the stud member 12 of which is mounted on the front face of the back 5, and the socket member 13 on the extremity of the tongue 11.

t the centre of the biglit 14 of the folded tongue is an opening 15 through which the chain 16 of the twister extends, whiley the transverse arms 17 are securely held in the bight 14.

Thus arranged the cartridges are presented for immediate extraction` and the twister held securely against accidental removal while easily and quickly released for service comprising in 'a unitary structure a belt loop to receive a belt with one facev adapted to support a plurality of pockets and a depending portion to form a tongue, said tongue being foldable upon itself and the fold having an opening vfor the passage of a ligament, said fold being adapted to support and receive a ligament-supporting member.

2. The holder described comprising in a unitary structure a portion folded upon vitself to forni a belt-loop, a tongue depending.

from said portion and formed integrallyv therewith, said tongue foldable upon itself and having an opening formed in the biglit of such fold aiid'adapted to reoeivethe chain of a twister inclosed inr such fold, and separable means for securing the free end of said tongue in the folded condition independent Y of the belt-receiving portion. c

In testimony that I claim the invention above set forth I afHX my signaturehereto.

CHARLES E. MICHAUD. 

